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Happy Holidays is not so much a matter of being politically
correct or externally polite. It is greeting that acknowledges of all beliefs.
An essay on including everyone, with a reminder of the pain that can be caused
by ignoring what others hold dear when it’s different from your perspective.

I saw my friends and I
allowing ourselves to be in I would call “positive vulnerability.” It’s a kind
of openness that’s not an invitation to victimhood but rather the bedrock of
honesty. Nothing but another person’s truth can enter the space once this
“truth of your being” is expressed. It’s an environment that catalyzes deep
change, because it goes to the heart of your issues and how your own heart will
deal with them. There’s an energy around it that is post-traumatic, the part
where the pain or strain is “venting” off your body and spirit like a mist,
leaving behind only a pure and empty vessel of new creation. This place is
sacred.

Whether you’re in
introvert or extrovert has a lot to do with how you manage winter. The zodiacal
process expressed from Capricorn through Pisces represents, going from most
dark to the cusp of increasing light—from slowdown to preparing to “spring”
into new activity. Here are some thoughts on how this works.

I thought we could go around the zodiac and look at
the various “instruments of peace” that might be played by the 12 archetypes of
the zodiac—one for each of the 12 Days of Christmas, if you like. (The universe
does love the number 12.) This, of course, involves seeing each sign in its
highest potential.And, of course, read
with your combo of astrological influences in mind, not just your Sun sign.

Every holiday carol is likely to be loved by some
signs more than others. I asked my alter ego, Auntie Joyce, to scratch her head
and share her ideas and acerbic wit on which holiday tunes go with which
singers in the zodiac. Here’s a taste of her which-craft!

Years ago, I worked
in a place where we did outrageous holiday entertainment at our parties. One of
the traditions I started was to create Kinky Carols, where we twisted the
verses of traditional holiday tunes to suit our whims. This is an example, hot
off the presses, just in time for this ChrismaSolstiHanuzkaa.

My Solsisters group is a quarter century old! I consider the
practice of doing rituals at the Cardinal turning points—many add the
cross-quarters —to be the most practical and experiential astrology we can
practice.

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What is a Radical Virgo?

To learn the characteristics of a Radical Virgo, read Joyce Mason’s article, “The Radical Virgo.” In a nutshell, these Virgos are not the old fussbudget stereotype—no Felix Ungers or Adrian Monks here. Radical Virgos have the potential to change the world through their ability to develop and discover their unique pattern, becoming true human beings—not “human doings.” Radical Virgos give service in a whole new way by contributing to their community and world what they were designed to give. When we each do that, we have made heaven on earth. It’s like having all the cogs in the great wheel of creation turning like they were just oiled!

You don't even have to be a Sun Virgo to have the characteristics of a Radical Virgo, though any planets in the V-sign help. You don’t join this club. You recognize that you already belong.

Radical Virgo Vision

This award-winning blog is a place where all signs—not just Virgos—learn how to express the best of their star map and are encouraged to do their best for the evolution of the planet.

With the inception of the mixed media PsychKicks posts, Joyce is focusing her writing on all the tools in her medicine bag, astrology being just one of them. The more we know; the more we grow.The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly--that is what each of us is here for. ~ Oscar Wilde

About "The Radical Virgo"

Joyce Mason has Sun in the last degree of Virgo, three planets in Libra, Taurus Rising and a Capricorn Moon. She's a "PUNC," or a person with a prominence of the outer planets Pluto, Uranus, Neptune--add bridging and healing Chiron. (See her Outerplanetary People series for more on PUNCs.) Joyce is often mistaken for an Aquarius/ Sagittarius blend. Even if you don’t speak astrology, that makes sense on some symbolic level because they both end in “ius.” She believes that I and Us are one in the same—and celebrates the human spirit in which we’re all joined.

First and foremost a writer, Joyce was a consulting astrologer, tarot reader, dreamworker, and flower essence practitioner for 25 years. Her astrological specialties are the sign of Virgo and the centaur planet, Chiron. She writes on these and many other topics. Read her complete bio and astrology articles on her Writer Joyce Mason website.

The name The Radical Virgo comes from an article Joyce wrote in The Mountain Astrologer many years ago. It also evolved into a personal nickname.

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